Negar Fani

I was about to suggest it!

👏 you need a Persian name now, this is very next level

Rock star postdoc @timmcdermottphd.bsky.social shows some amazing evidence that temporal interference can do the same things as FU (but lots easier and cheaper) - check it out tonight #SOBP2025

Who knew--breath-synced vibration helps you breathe at an even pace, and this makes you less angry and anxious! Incredibly cool findings from innovative postdoc @timmcdermottphd.bsky.social Super informative about our tech and value of assessing respiration variability during meditation.

🚨On Friday, NIH had indirect research funding slashed by 70%, crippling medical & military research. This will halt vital studies on PTSD, cancer, and more.

Contact your reps to reverse this!

TAKE ACTION:
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The neurological impact of being Black in the U.S. Racism may lead to faster aging because of victims' constant exposure to chronic stress, a new theory posits.

In this moment of extreme erasure of voices of color, my graduate student Aziz Elbasheir wrote about his experience of being Black in the US, and how his research reflects that experience. Powerful read. harvardpublichealth.org/equity/racis...

❤️ I should be so lucky!! Thanks so much @hmarusak.bsky.social

Looking for a #postdoc in a multimodal #neuropsych lab studying novel #PTSD interventions & #stress biomarkers? My lab @emoryuniversity.bsky.social is hiring! Supported by #NIMH, #NCCIH #R01s. My team is creative, passionate, & delightfully quirky--join us.
faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/141032/...

Medical schools report steep drop in enrollment of Black and Hispanic students after Supreme Court ruling Enrollment of Black and Hispanic students in medical schools dropped precipitously last year after the Supreme Court banned the consideration of race in admissions.

The data for enrollment to med school since the Supreme Court's aff. action decision shows Black enrollees down by 11.6% compared to last year and Latinx down by 10.8%. Even steeper drops for American Indian/ Alaska Natives - down by 22.1%, NHPI down by 4.3%.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/09/m...

you all make every day, esp the hard ones, worth it

Also, I was touched by the incredibly sweet card and gifts from this lovely team--and yes to name them all: @allieguelfo.bsky.social @timmcdermottphd.bsky.social Travis Fulton, Aziz Elbasheir, Jenna Holton, Alexa Kondas, Alex Daube, Yashna Sadhu, Irene Yang, Madeeha Anjum, Jiwon Lee, Ilka Tona

Was too sick to be there in person for my lab holiday party this year but zooming in means I also got be a judge for the cookie decorating contest. They never disappoint. The winning cookie is my grad student Travis wearing his bear shirt.

❤️thanks so much, Bita

Thanks Maria--and also congrats on on your ACNP membership!

Thanks!!

Coming back from an exhilarating @acnporg.bsky.social meeting and feeling incredibly excited to start a new research chapter: an NIMH-funded racism, EMA, multimodal imaging data fusion #R01 alongside my heroes Drs. Nate Harnett, William Smith, Vince Calhoun, Robert Krafty. Hiring Postdocs and RAs!

so very happy it was a good experience!